Category Archives: Community News
Central Minnesota Community Foundation Awards Special Needs Grants
(KNSI) - Three local organizations are benefitting from the latest Central Minnesota Community Foundation's Special Needs Fund grant round. The fund helps support proramming serving people with comple...
Feb 01, 2024 Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Cold Spring City Council Moves to Advance Plans for New Fire Hall
(KNSI) - The Cold Spring City Council held a special meeting on Wednesday where it moved to continue making progress on a new fire hall. Design has reached the 20% mark, with a new price estimate of a...
Feb 01, 2024 City of Cold Spring
Barricade Boys Set To Croon Until You Swoon This Valentine's Day
(KNSI) - Couples that croon together stay together. Or that's the hope for those in attendance at an upcoming concert. The Barricade Boys, Stars from the West End Cast of Les Misrables, will take over...
Jan 31, 2024
Television Show to Air Featuring Two Area Colleges
(KNSI) - Two area campuses are ready for their close-up. The College of St. Benedict and St. John's University are featured in the Amazon Prime series, The College Tour. It will stream in May as part ...
Jan 31, 2024
DEED Awards $13.6 Million in Workforce Grants; Local Company Secures Share
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development announced nearly $13.6 million in Pathways to Prosperity workforce grants, and one local company is getting a piece of the pie....
Jan 31, 2024 Unsplash
St. Cloud Fire Department Battalion Chief Hangs Up his Turnout Gear After 27 Years
(KNSI) - At a time when the Macarena was the latest craze sweeping the nation, and everyone raced home to watch Seinfeld and ER on Must See TV, Battalion Chief Steve Richardson joined the St. Cloud Fi...
Jan 31, 2024 St. Cloud Professional Firefighter IAFF Local 464/Facebook
Recruitment Video Aims to Fill Burning Need for New Firefighters
(KNSI) - The St. Cloud Fire Department is looking to swell its ranks. The department released a recruitment video as it looks to fill multiple positions. Fire Chief Matt Love took over in 2021 and sai...
Jan 31, 2024 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Minnesota's Snowplow Naming Contest Shines Spotlight on Creativity
(KNSI) - Eight Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplows are nameless no more. Governor Tim Walz helped announce the winners of the third annual Name a Snowplow Contest on Tuesday afternoon, sa...
Jan 30, 2024 Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's Office
St. Cloud's Great River Regional Library Embraces Energy Efficiency, Upgrades to LED Lighting
(KNSI) - Let there be light! The Great River Regional Library will change out its fluorescent bulbs. The St. Cloud City Council approved spending $384,000 to replace them with new energy-efficient LED...
Jan 30, 2024 Great River Regional Library Facebook
Dakota leaders upset after treasure hunt medallion was placed in sacred area
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Dakota leaders in Minnesota say they were disappointed that a treasure hunt medallion was hidden in a sanctuary they consider to be sacred grounds. The St. Paul Pioneer Press ho...
Jan 30, 2024 Unsplash